Title :
A new and improved approach to supercontinuum generation in solids
Author :
Chih-Hsuan Lu ; Yu-Chen Cheng ; Shang-Da Yang ; Yuan-Yao Lin ; Chia-Chen Hsu ; Kung, Andrew H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics Technol., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
A stable octave-spanning supercontinuum with excellent beam quality is generated by high-intensity spectral broadening in bulk fused silica plates in a cascaded arrangement.
Keywords :
laser beams; silicon compounds; spectral line broadening; supercontinuum generation; SiO2; beam quality; cascaded bulk fused silica plates; high-intensity spectral broadening; stable octave-spanning supercontinuum; supercontinuum generation; Crystals; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Silicon compounds; Solids; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
